Schools as Change Agents in Reducing Bias and Discrimination: Shaping Behaviors and Attitudes

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 2718-2726

  Losinski, Mickey ^a   Ennis, Robin ^b   Katsiyannis, Antonis ^c   Rapa, Luke J ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bigotry; Discrimination; Prejudice; Public schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HARASSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MALE; RACISM; SPEECH;

EID: 85066020140     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: 15732843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-019-01452-2     Document Type: Article

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